Economic war!

The weight of anything linked to the word "war" is self-evident, and everyone present seems to have seen the turbulent waves that will be set off in China's industrial and commercial market in the near future.

Wang Mokang's powerful words did not stop, and continued to sound in the huge venue: "Since the Opium and Chip Wars, foreigners have bombarded our country with huge ships and cannons, and with them are merchants from various countries and the industrial products they bring.

As of now, you must know better than me what the situation is in our domestic market.

Foreign smoke, foreign fire, foreign flour, foreign cloth, foreign cars, foreign machinery, etc., foreign goods are popular, and China's various commodity markets are almost completely occupied by foreigners' industrial products, and foreigners take advantage of this to plunder up to hundreds of millions of taels of silver from our country every year!

Can all of you here be the leaders and pillars of our industry's business and industry? ”

Hearing Wang Mo's words, everyone looked solemn and thoughtful.

At this time, the people in the audience stood up and asked Wang Mo, "Young Marshal, can I say a few words about this?" ”

Wang Mo nodded and said, "Of course, today is a consultation meeting, so naturally everyone can speak freely. ”

"Under the surname Chen, he did a dye business in the French Concession in Shanghai." The man arched his hand at Wang Mo and everyone present and said.

Someone in the audience immediately recognized this person and whispered: "I know him, the famous dye king in Shanghai, and nearly half of the dyeing factories in Shanghai buy dyes from him." ”

"That's right, I also know him, this person Chen Yanli started from scratch as a comprador of a foreign firm. In Shanghai, foreigners are polite to him, and he is a very methodical person. Soon someone whispered something else.

Chen Yanli didn't seem to care much about what others said about him. said calmly: "Young Marshal, it is naturally good that you want to revitalize my country's industry and commerce, but I think that if you want to regain the market that has been squeezed by foreign goods, I am afraid it is a bit unrealistic." ”

Before Wang Mo could say anything, Qin Xianglin, president of the Sichuan Association of Industry and Commerce, stood up and retorted: "Nonsense, how is it unrealistic? What's wrong with foreigners, what's wrong with foreigners. The common people do not have to use foreign goods, what can't they take back the market that is crowded by foreign goods? ”

"Boss Qin, I know that your Sichuan Industry and Commerce Association has launched fierce competition with foreigners in all walks of life in Sichuan and Hubei, and you will not fall behind. But as far as I know, this is largely due to the fact that you have the full support of the young marshal, who has provided you with very favorable conditions in many aspects. While Chen Yanli said this, he couldn't help but look at Wang Mo with the rest of his eyes, and saw that Wang Mo didn't seem to have any disgust, so he continued, "Furthermore. Some goods are difficult to replace with foreign goods. For example, the dyes I deal in are not that I want to import foreigners' dyes, but that the earthy dyes produced by our domestic earthen workshops cannot be compared with foreigners' dyes at all. ”

"That's right, this is true, it's not that we don't want to boycott foreign goods and compete with foreign goods, but that many things are far from each other in terms of quality and price between domestic local products and foreign goods."

"Let's just talk about those foreign machines. Now there is no production in China, we don't want to buy foreign goods. ”

"I think a lot of us are dealing in foreign goods. If this is a boycott of foreign goods, what is an old snack? ”

Everyone whispered and discussed, and many agreed with Chen Yanli's statement. The quality of foreign goods is good, the price is low, and its competitiveness is not comparable to domestic goods at all.

Wang Mo didn't seem surprised by everyone's reaction. still has a calm and calm expression.

After a long while, after everyone's discussion gradually subsided, Wang Moci spoke again: "I know that what Boss Chen said just now is exactly what you are worried about. Boss Chen believes that the reason why Boss Qin and others of the Sichuan Industry and Commerce Association can compete with foreigners without falling behind. A lot of it is because of my backing. Although this statement is suspected of ignoring the efforts of Boss Qin and others, I can agree with it here. What I want to tell you is that since I can give strong support to Boss Qin and the others, can't I support you as well? ”

Hearing this, everyone was immediately overjoyed, and they had long been envious, jealous and hateful to Qin Xianglin, who turned over just because he hugged Wang Mo's thigh.

"Young marshal, is this true?" Someone couldn't help but ask in a loud voice.

Immediately, someone said: "You are stupid, if it is not true, why did the young marshal convene this industrial and commercial consultation meeting?" ”

"That's great, it's good that I came from Tianjin to attend this meeting."

"Maybe you're all wondering what I'm going to do and how I'm going to support you." Wang Mo said again.

Hearing this, everyone present hurriedly pricked up their ears, for fear of missing a word, which was related to their vital interests.

However, Wang Mo did not answer directly, but said: "Here, I will introduce two people to you first. ”

As soon as Wang Mo's words fell, a man and a woman who had been waiting on the side for a long time walked onto the stage.

Wang Mo pointed to these two people and introduced them to everyone one by one: "This is President Chen of the head office of Huiyuan Bank, and this is Cheng Wei, general manager of the industrial investment department of Huiyuan Bank. ”

Everyone didn't know why, they didn't know what Wang Mo meant by introducing these two people to Huiyuan Bank, was it to let Huiyuan Bank provide them with preferential loans?

The doubts did not last long, Wang Mo continued: "Huiyuan Bank is a joint-stock bank under my personal name, and the industrial investment department of Huiyuan Bank will invest a large amount of money to set up an industrial bank in the near future. Don't you think that the quality of domestic goods cannot be compared with foreign goods? As long as you are willing, Huiyuan Bank can provide technical and financial support to ensure that the products we produce are not inferior to foreign goods! If you are not willing to take risks, Huiyuan Bank will also invest in the establishment of a large number of factories and enterprises to produce various industrial and commercial products to compete with foreign goods! ”

That's a lot of money!

Everyone was shocked, and they all felt Wang Mo's determination to start a war against foreign goods.

"Even if the quality of domestic goods can be compared with foreign goods, what about the price?" Chen Yanli stood up again and asked, "Foreigners have many colonies overseas, and they can buy all kinds of raw materials at low prices, and their production scale is very huge. The cost is naturally much lower. It's not pouring cold water on it, but in terms of price, even if foreign goods add freight, domestic goods can't compete with it at all. ”

"That's right, now the common people are very poor, and they will buy cheap things. They don't care about domestic and foreign goods. Buy it as long as it's cheap and easy to use. ”

"I have also been to foreigners' factories, all of which are mass-produced with machines, and the cost is of course much lower than those small workshops and small factories in China."

"The Oriental people are even more ruthless, it is said that the cloth from their textile factories can be exported to our China, and they can get the state's financial and tax subsidies."

"On this point, I would like to ask Mr. Zhang Jian, who has just taken office as the director of the Department of Industry and Commerce of the United Provincial Autonomous Government, to explain to you." After Wang Mo finished speaking, he raised his hand and motioned for Zhang Jian to come to the stage.

Seeing Zhang Jian come to the stage, Jiang Baili, who was in an inconspicuous corner of the venue, said to Zhang Xiaohuai: "Your young marshal is really bold enough to employ people, doesn't he know that Zhang Jian is one of the important leaders of the constitutionalists?" Aren't you afraid that the constitutionalists will make some trouble in the future? ”

Zhang Xiaohuai chuckled disapprethoughtly: "What are you afraid of." If the constitutionalists dare to make any petty calculations, they will definitely kill themselves. The young marshal once said, 'Power comes out of the barrel of a gun,' and I deeply believe that. As long as the military power is firmly controlled, what chaos can the constitutionalists make? ”

Jiang Baili thoughtfully, nodded, and said: "That's fine, although Zhang Jian is the leader of the constitutionalists, he has been committed to 'rejuvenating the country through industry' for many years. There is no doubt about the ability to set up an industry, and he is indeed a very suitable person to preside over the overall situation of industry and commerce. ”

When Jiang Baili and Zhang Xiaohuai were talking. Zhang Jian has come to the stage and said to everyone: "The cost and price problems that everyone is worried about are actually not difficult to solve, as long as our domestic factories and enterprises develop and grow and form a larger scale, the cost will naturally come down." The cost of foreigners' products needs to be added to the transportation costs. We have a natural advantage in this regard. ”

"But, Mr. Zhang"

Chen Yanli wanted to say something, but before the words could be spoken, Zhang Jian said again: "Of course, I know. You must think, I am afraid that the factory has not yet developed and grown, and it will be crushed by foreigners. You can rest assured, the young marshal and I will not fail to consider this. ”

"So, may I ask Mr. Zhang, what kind of measures does the Department of Industry and Commerce have?" Someone in the audience asked loudly.

Zhang Jian smiled slightly: "You may have forgotten that the young marshal has just taken back the actual control of the customs from the foreigners. ”

At the mention of customs, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up.

That's right, customs!

The industrial and commercial people present are all shopping mall elites who have traveled from south to north, so they naturally understand the role and importance of customs. As soon as Zhang Jian said this, they almost guessed what the provincial self-government was going to do.

Sure enough, as expected, Zhang Jian immediately said: "In the past, our customs control was in the hands of foreigners, and the import and export tariffs of goods were decided by foreigners, so the tariffs on the import of many foreign goods can be said to be almost equivalent to none. Now it's different, we have the final say on the import and export tariffs of all goods, how can we allow foreign goods to pour into our country almost smuggling. Therefore, after the discussion between the young marshal and me, the inter-provincial autonomous government decided that from now on, the import tariffs on the vast majority of foreign goods will be generally increased by 5%! ”

"Good!"

Immediately, some people in the audience applauded, and people who run their own factories and enterprises immediately echoed and applauded enthusiastically one after another to express the ecstasy in their hearts.

For a while, the applause was thunderous.

However, people like Chen Yanli who deal in foreign goods are bitter, because in this way, the price of foreign goods will inevitably increase significantly, and the sales volume will drop significantly.

After that, the meeting had detailed discussions and discussions on what industries to invest in and how to compete with foreign goods.

After this meeting, whether the industrial and commercial people in various places are willing or not, they have to compete fiercely with foreigners in all walks of life under the general trend created by Wang Mo. (To be continued......)